Pick any plant (tree, fern, fruit, flower...) Draw a picture. Please show its common name, scientific name (genus, species) any other important characteristics, and where this can be found. Extra points for choosing a Jamaican plantae!!!!
Also please be prepared to discuss the questions (see link above) about the Kingdom Plantae.
Read this article about how human greed is wiping this THING into extinction.
Is the nautilus an animal? What is its kingdom/Phylum/ Order...? Come up with 10 questions after reading this article you would like Ms. McLean's class to answer after they read this article.
Questions to think about: What is the known name for fungi? Are they in the same domain as plants? What are the best conditions for growth of fungi? Do fungi grow everywhere in the world?
Please have the answers to these questions ready by Monday morning.
October 21, 2011
Watch video below to understand concept of domain vs. kingdom
Make your own dichotomous key for the first 10 letters of the alphabet: How are some of them the same and how are they different and how are they unique?
I am absent today. Please complete the sheet below. The sheet asks you to investigate inventors and their inventions. Finally you will make a time line. Make it look nice for the classroom. This due next Wednesday, along with the hair information.
January 17, 2012
If you are finished with the 30 multiple choice questions, work on this sheet
Tongue.docx
January 13, 2012
The ear
Ear.docx
teen tourette's: watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDeRYVWDDMo
January 11, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/15/science/20080915_NUMBER_SENSE_GRAPHIC.html
Play this vision game to see how fast you can detect the dots.
You can also read the accompanying article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/science/16angi.html?oref=slogin
January 9, 2012
Get the handout from me (Mr. Adler) and then answer the questions in the document "eyes"
Eyes.docx
January 4, 2012
Answer these questions about the nervous system.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.docx
December 12, 2011
Answer questions in the yogurt document
yogurt.docx
December 7, 2011
Investigate the circulatory system. The first few questions are information I need for a presentation I am giving this afternoon. Help!!
circulatory system.docx
December 5, 2011
Answer these questions about fish respiration. REMEMBER: in the NOV 30 assignment you were supposed to discuss respiratory diseases.
fish respiration.docx
November 30, 2011
Please read the documentation on respiration
respiration.docx
Then answer the questions
Respiration terms.docx
November 28, 2011
afternoon fun.
organ systems.docx
morning fun.
5 mammals.docx
November 15, 2011
digestive terms.doc
November 12, 2011
What a find. Describe what you think this picture is.
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/sweat-bee-arizona/
Also bee prepared to discuss the questions we came up with about bees.
November 9, 2011
Watch this interactive on photosynthesis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/photosynthesis.html
November 1, 2011
How the potato changed the world. Try to read this very long article.
how the potato changed the world
October 31, 2011
Plants2.docx
October 28, 2011
Lets have a fun day!!!!! Show me your information on plants and then Watch this video. Ask me for graph paper (or use your own paper).
Where do we find patterns in organisms in the plant kingdom?
October 26, 2011
Plant questions plants science 7.docx
Pick any plant (tree, fern, fruit, flower...) Draw a picture. Please show its common name, scientific name (genus, species) any other important characteristics, and where this can be found. Extra points for choosing a Jamaican plantae!!!!
Also please be prepared to discuss the questions (see link above) about the Kingdom Plantae.
October 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/science/25nautilus.html?ref=science
Read this article about how human greed is wiping this THING into extinction.
Is the nautilus an animal? What is its kingdom/Phylum/ Order...? Come up with 10 questions after reading this article you would like Ms. McLean's class to answer after they read this article.
October 22, 2011
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/after-biblical-rains-a-glorious-crop-of-mushrooms/?hp
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/21/nyregion/21mushroom-reader-photos.html
LOOK AT ALL THE FUNGI!!!!!!!!
Questions to think about: What is the known name for fungi? Are they in the same domain as plants? What are the best conditions for growth of fungi? Do fungi grow everywhere in the world?
Please have the answers to these questions ready by Monday morning.
October 21, 2011
Watch video below to understand concept of domain vs. kingdom
NEXT: Look at the sheet on Dichotomous keys
sillysci.pdf
Make your own dichotomous key for the first 10 letters of the alphabet: How are some of them the same and how are they different and how are they unique?
Also here are some extra notes on taxonomy
Classification notes Taxonomy and the Five Kingdoms.html
October 19, 2011
Please read the following article
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/10/why-do-leaves-change-color.html
Take note and be prepared to discuss.
Mr. Adler
October 13, 2011
I am absent today. Please complete the sheet below. The sheet asks you to investigate inventors and their inventions. Finally you will make a time line. Make it look nice for the classroom. This due next Wednesday, along with the hair information.
inventors.jpg
Mr. Adler
October 12, 2011
Answer these questions for discussion when we return
What is hair?
Is it alive?
Where is it found?
Is hair different for males and females?
What are different types of hair: color, texture, geographic..?
What decides the kind of hair a baby has?
What is the purpose of hair?
Name some other animals besides humans that have hair.
If they don’t have hair, how do they do what hair does for humans?
What is lanugo?
What % of men and women lose their hair?
What happens during hair straightening, chemically speaking?
What is the controversy of brazilian hair straightening?
October 10, 2011
Below please find the questions for the assignment which is due on Wednesday, October 12,
TEETH
Do fish have teeth? What about birds? Talk about dinosaur teeth.
What is common about mammal teeth?
Why do kids sometimes need braces? Is it medically necessary or is it just aesthetics?
What can teeth tell us about an animal?
Do different consumers (think about the poster) have different types of teeth?
October 10, 2011
A fun video!!!!
DUE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2011
Investigate an animal from each group and describe its teeth. (number, size, shape etc.)
September 26, 2011
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biology/cell_structure/quiz356.html
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2013027.html?AP_rand=1167642038
Please click on these links and take the tests
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